Catholic Social Teaching on Migration
- Exsul Familia Nazarethana Apostolic Constitution of Pius XII, dated August 1, 1952.
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius12/p12exsul.htm - Ecclesia in America (Church in America) Apostolic Exhortation of John Paul II January 22, 1999
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_22011999_ecclesia-in-america_en.html - Laborem Exercens (On Human work) Encyclical of Pope John XXIII September 14 1981
http://www.osjspm.org/cst/le.htm - Pacem in Terris Encyclical of Pope John XXIII promulgated April 11, 1963
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/John23/j23pacem.htm - Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII May 15, 1891
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13rerum.htm - Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern) Encyclical of John Paul II December 30, 1987
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_30121987_sollicitudo-rei-socialis_en.html - Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope:A Pastoral Letter Concerning Migration from the Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United States November 2002
http://www.usccb.org/mrs/stranger.shtml
Spanish text
http://www.usccb.org/mrs/strangersp.shtml - World Day of Migration
- 2000 'I was a stranger and you welcomed me' http://www.usccb.org/pope/wmde.htm http://www.usccb.org/pope/wmdsp.htm (Spanish text)
- 2001 The Pastoral Care of Migrants, a Way of Accomplishing the Mission of the Church Today http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/migration/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_20010213_world-migration-day-2001_en.html
- 2002 Migration and Inter-Religious Dialogue http://www.usccb.org/mrs/pcmr/migration01.shtm
- 2003 Call to Overcome All Racism, Xenophobia and Exaggerated Nationalism http://www.ncrf.fsnet.co.uk/wmd.pdf
- 2004 Migration with a view to peace http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/migration/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_20031223_world-migration-day-2004_en.html
- 2005 Intercultural Integration http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/migration/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_20041124_world-migration-day-2005_en.html
- 2006 Migration: A Sign of the Times http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=2687
- You Welcomed Me: A Letter from the Arizonian Bishops
